co-starred with Sandra Dee Kaltman Inks and George Hamilton in MGM's Money MUSIC (Continued from page 20) Multiple Pact film, "Doctor, You've Got To Be Kidding." -Dick Kalt- His first Dot single, "Old- New Gene Pitney: "Billy You're My Friend." Strong record. man has signed a multiple pact ham County Line" b/w "It's Ricardo Ray: "Nitty Gritty." WCAO, WMEX, WMAK, WKDA, with Mu- Lonely," will be released Sept. WOKY, WRIT, WKNR, WILS, WTAC, WLS ... WAYS, Charlotte, sic Division. Agreement calls 26. Kallman soon departs on a charts "Mohair Sam," Slim Harpo. for Kallman's Pick: Barbara Randolph. services as a a national nitery-promo tour. They lead in new hits: 0-Novas 9; #11-Paul Petersen; #13- Dot vocal star and Famous Mu- Derek; #18-Tams. sic writer. Additionally, com- WKBW, Buffalo, charts Tom Jones #12. poser at Smash at WRKO, Buddy Pepper, who col- Boston ... "Down On Me," Big Brother, big WCOL, Columbus, laborates with Kallman, also Phi'la., NYC etc.... KVIL, Dallas, reports big phones on "Bitter signed on as a Famous com- Honey," Holy Mackerel. Reprise. poser. WLS, , on: Five By Five; Cream; "Cycles," Sinatra; Kallman's background in- Bull & Matadors; Turtles; Van. Fudge; Tommy James; Archie cludes an 18 -month stint as Bell; Jerry Butler. star of the "How To Succeed Letter from Jim Psihoulis, WZUM, Pittsburgh: "Congratula- in Business Without Really From left, William R. Stinson, tions on your excellent column which in my book is the best Trying" and "Half a Sixpence" informed. You have a tremendous average in selecting future national companies. Paramount Pictures Executive VP, He also in charge of music publishing, Dick hits." WZUM has been first on many records in Pittsburgh as played the title role for two Kallman, Richard H. Peirce, Dot's O'Kaysions; C. Bros.; Equals; Moody Blues; Cherry People. seasons in NBC -TV's "Hank" Executive VP, and General Man- Strong Instrumental: "The Soul Strut," John Phillip Soul, teleseries. Kallman recently ager and composer Buddy Pepper Pepper, WMPS. New Willie Mitchell Potent: "Up Hard," Hi. Strong Instrumental: "Delilah," Raymond Lefevre, 4 Corners. Notes from Underground (Continued from page 18) South giving big play to "Answer Me," Larry Henley, Atco. Local Promo Man of the Week: B. J. McElwee, MGM, Nashville. on the new Arlo Guthrie album, in one song he refers to FBI Funniest Record of the Week: "Who's Making Love To Your men as bastards. Now that just isn't cool. I can't play that. Old Lady, While You're Out Making Love," Johnny Taylor, Stax. "And from a programming point of view there are certain Sam & Dave feel. things I just won't do. Like I understand that the stations out Soft Music Pick of the Week: "I Just Can't Get Over You," on the coast will play an entire side of, say, the Fats Domino Peter Kastner, Colgems, from the new TV show, "Ugliest Girl In album. Maybe a couple of cuts, but not a whole side. It's just Town." Great record and song. I feel the TV show will break boring. Or like 'Toad' on the latest Cream Lp. Man, that drum it open. solo is just too long. Only hard-core Cream or Ginger Baker Ed Cotlar replaces Tom Kennedy as promo man at Universal, freaks are going to dig that. I'll play it once in a while, but not Phila. often. Things like that are just tune -outs." KLIF, Dallas, #9-A. Garde; #5-Clearwater; #13-SWFOB; FLUSHES: Writer Tom Nolan, in an article on rock radio for #25-Derek; I. Butterfly; Tom Jones; Will -O -Bees; Paul Peter- the September issue 'of FM and Fine Arts, reminisces about the sen; Carla Thomas; G. Knight; Rejoice; Max Frost; Eivets Red - "good old" days of Top 40 radio, all that screaming and those now; H. Masekela; Classics 4; B. Goldberg. gags and schitcks and personality plugs, lamenting the lack of WKIX, Raleigh, #5-A. Garde; #13-A. Kim; J. Nash; Derek; something in hard rock radio: "Now all that is 'needed is for Bobby Russell. someone to think *f a really good way to present the music. Be- KOL, Seattle, #6-Jimi Hendrix; #11-I. Butterfly; #12-Al cause (rock radio) suffers from 'a certain, what, lack of tension? Wilson; #19-Sam Sham. How can we pu.t this now: (They) are playing the good music all WKNR, , went on "I'm a Love Maker," Popular 5, right, with more skill and taste than anyone else around; but Minit. it's as if they had been waiting all their radio lives to have an Ron Weiser is head of promotion for Kama Sutra. opportunity, and now that they're doing it it sounds a little dated, Good sales and plays nationally on Good Earth. On WMCA. New -Barbara Acklin, "From the Teacher To like a. jazz show. Again, it is the best presentation around .. . Gene Chandler but doesn't it seem that in the great tradition of rock and roll the Preacher." and considering the potentially revolutionary things that are Most Exciting Record of the Week: "Take Me for a Little happening, we would not be greedy in wanting a little more .. . While," Vanilla Fudge. We felt it was a hit a year ago, and excitement?" Ah, the dilemma of change, caught twixt there and played it for 30 PDs. there . . . "Lower Lemons" from Linn County's "Proud Flesh WRIT, Milwaukee, New: Archie Bell; Iron Butterfly; Shad. Soothseer" getting very strong reaction almost everywhere . . . Knight; Steppenwolf; Cream. Hits: Kasenetz-Katz; 146-A. Kim; The Buddy Miles Express debuted officially Wednesday at the #15-R. Guardsmen; #19-Cowsills; Both Big Bros.; Turtles. Whisky A -Go -Go ... Albert King, apparently headed for super- Sales on Box Tops. star status, featured in a high-powered profile by Albert Gold- WABC went on Carla Thomas. WMCA went on Kasenetz-Katz. man in a recent issue of New York. His Stax LP', "Born Under A Action at KLMS, Lincoln, Neb., on "New Kind of Love," De- Bad Sign," is needless to say getting a lot of play ... WSIC, the troit Road Runners on ABC. Label is also all out on "Down only full-time station in Iredale County, North Carolina, broad- Home," Upsetters. casting from Statesville, is now devoting two hours nightly to WDRC, Hartford, Spotlight Song: Brook Benton. On WFIL, progressive rock. PD Dave Bell has requested ibios and album KIMN, WAMS, WFUN. service . . . Howitzer radio WKY in Oklahoma City, top -rated Clarence Carter sold over one million record's. Top 40, has devoted an hour nightly to progressive rock, featur- R&B Monster: "Who's Making Love To Your Old Lady (While ing jocks Tony Raven and Terry McGrew ... As you may or may You're Out Making Love)," Johnny Taylor, Stax. Sold 120,000 the not have heard by now, the American Music Show staged last first week. Did 65,000 in Chicago in one week. Went right on Sunday in the Padadena Rose Bowl by Pinnacle and the Free WHBQ. Clinic, was not what it should have been. Certainly the bill was WMCA, Sureshot: Box Tops. Longshot: Everly Brothers. New: heavy enough (Junior Wells with Buddy Guy, the Byrds, Buffy Ricardo Ray, Mary Hopkin, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Kase- St. Marie, the Mothers of Invention, Country Joe And The Fish, netz-Katz, A. Bell, Steppenwolf, Village Callers ... Big play on Joan Baez and Big Sister And The Holding Company), but the "I'm Movin' On," Box Tops LP. Bell Records excited about "Milk weather was not what it could have been, the crowd was shock- & Honey," the Bleus . . . Mercury excited about Jesse Brady - ingly small although the show was extremely well promoted, and McCoys. WKYC-Cleveland chart KHJ-L A "Cinnamon," all the elements did not seem to come together. What is happen- Derek, #14 KOMA-Okla. City, #2 WORC . . . Pop stations on ing? Well, as Pete Johnson pointed out in his review of the "Funky Judge," Bull & Matadors, WTIX, WING, KEEL, WOKY, concert in the L. A. Times, so many shucksters have disappointed WLS, CKLW & KILT ... "Run to Me," Montanas, Independence, so many people with bad "festivals" and weak concerts lately, #25 KXOK-St. Louis, 0 WYND, chart WLS, KQY & KISN .. . that the people don't believe a good thing when it finally comes WORC-Worcester: #8-Archies, #2-Derek, #24-Ronnie Dove, along. Yea)a. What's happening? (Continued on page 54)

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